The Nigerian superstar’s latest LP can feel heavy under the weight of his personal reflection and Pan-African crusade. It is a load worth carrying.
The Russian electronic experimentalist creates a world without borders, singing in four languages across ambient soundscapes that evoke imaginary lands.
The brief, playful project from the Alabama rapper is one of the breeziest records of the year, a clinic on nimble shit-talking that’s as effortless as it is brash.
Producer and composer Ryan Lee West continues his practice of turning real-life sketches into ambient techno as ever-shifting moments dip, dive, and refuse to settle.
The New Age icon discusses the songs and sounds that have shaped his life—from Sinatra to Sade, Baptist choirs to Sikh chants, and plenty of joyful dance parties in between.
A discussion of why it’s good for your brain to listen to music you haven’t heard before, on the latest episode of our podcast The Pitchfork Review
Matty Healy discusses every album by the 1975 in this episode of “On the Records”
The dancehall superstar’s latest mixtape is the best of every facet of his work, from slow-wine ballads to summery head-bangers. It’s a testament to his place at the forefront of the genre.
Though no song on the Chicago rock band’s all-covers album is particularly wild or ambitious, the collection is faithful, fine-tuned, and thoughtfully curated.
Fusing influences from improv and minimalist composition with its customarily exploratory post-rock, the L.A. band sounds more assured than ever: playful, funky, even willing to flex a bit.
A seven-track accompaniment to the brothers’ album Mixing Colours—released as both standalone EP and digital add-on—highlights the nuances of their playing and the limits of the attention span.